Apalit

Apalit

Apalit, officially the Municipality of Apalit (Kapampangan: Balen ning Apalit; Tagalog: Bayan ng Apalit), is a first-class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 117,160 people.[3] The town is famous for its Apung Iru Fluvial Procession, which is listed as one of the most significant water-based intangible cultural heritage of the Philippines where the festival happens every June 28th–30th; and for its blacksmithing. The town got its name after a big sturdy tree with the scientific name Pterocarpus indicus also known as Narra, known by Kapampangan as Apalit.